Gerahty, Digby George (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. No Dustjacket. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- Another exotic setting for the story of two upright Britons, Peter and his wife, Sue, and the conflict in their lives with the Sultan of Zimbatan, Selim, their childhood playmate and adult charge. For Peter has become Selim's Advisor and is fervent in his attempts to balance the economic life of the country between Chinese prosperity and the disappearing Malay population, to modernize the state and to make Selim a good ruler.Selim for all his English education and European background still clings to his Eastern power and when his displays become too scandalous, looks to Peter to redeem his reputation. Sue manages to withstand the threat to their marriage when Peter one night succumbs to his avid ex-fiancee, but never loses her mistrust of Selim which is justified when he is no longer unable to try to possess her and plots for Peter's death. Peter and Sue are saved by the hatred and vengeance of Selim's secretary who executes a fiendish justice. . .(Kirkus Review). . .See photos for additional content. . .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this stand-alone mystery. Light rubbing to the dustjacket. Light edgewear. Price clipped otherwise in very good / very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The "Radio-Active General and Other Stories" is a very nice collection of entertaining tales by Robert Standish, which was one of the pen names of Digby George Gerahty. Gerahty also used the pseudonym of Stephen Lister. He was an English novelist and short story writer most productive during the 1940s and 1950s, who contributed many stories to the "Saturday Evening Post". His novels, which include the famous "Elephant Walk" (later made into a film starring Elizabeth Taylor), often take place in British colonial settings. The dust-jacket blurb: "In this book, the second volume of Robert Standish's acutely-told short stories, the fare is bewilderingly rich. Seven of them appeared in America's leading fiction magazine, 'The Saturday Evening Post', and other top-ranking magazines in the same field. They explain why Robert Standish, who is comparatively little known in his own country as a short story writer, has been hailed in America as an heir to the laurels of Somerset Maugham. "Several of the stories are pure farce, wickedly amusing, and, despite their absurdities, strangely convincing. By contrast -- and it is this contrast which is so telling -- 'The Eye of the Beholder' and 'For Kindness Received' are the gentle products of a sensitive pen, which bring to life with startling clarity the tragedies of blindness and loneliness. 'An Experiment in Democracy' and 'The Common Touch' are biting satires, so amusingly told that their sting is dulled, while in 'Egbert the Adaptable' the author has achieved that most difficult thing, a farcical ghost story which, despite the farce, is curiously sensitive and convincing. Wit is the common denominator running through the volume. There must be a universal appeal in Robert Standish's stories for they have appeared translated into Dutch, French, Italian, the Scandinavian languages, and, surprisingly, Arabic. Several have been adapted as television plays, while others are in the process of adaptation." TITLE : The Radio-Active General and Other Stories EDITOR : Robert Standish (pseudonym of Digby George Gerahty, 1898 - 1981) IMPRINT : Peter Davies PLACE : London DATE : (1959) EDITION : First Edition DUST-JACKET ILLUSTRATION : Biro STATUS : OP - Out of Print PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Trade hardcover; 223 pages; approximately 4 7/8" x 7 1/4"; brown boards with title, etc. in gold on spine; pictorial dust-jacket colored in buff, salmon and red with title wording in black and white CONDITION - VERY GOOD - CLEAN AND PRESENTABLE WITH THE FOLLOWING NOTED: EXTERIOR - Slight compression to spine extremities, and spine has a couple of slight surface irregularities, else clean and presentable; near-negligible wear to boards, else clean; text-block edges are just slightly weathered, but quite clean. There is a slight curve to the boards. BINDING : Solid .pages open easily - none are loose or detached. INTERIOR - End-papers are clean -- a previous owner's penciled signature exhibits on the front free end-paper; text is clean and presentable throughout. DUST - JACKET - VERY GOOD - Clean and presentable with mild wear to edges - a few small nicks, a bit of slight edge curling in a couple of spots -- mild surface rub to front panel; moderate surface rub on rear panel --- displays nicely under protective mylar cover. …

Hardcover. 285p., original red cloth boards with titling pressed in blue; board corners a bit bumped, bookstore sticker on rear endpaper, endpapers faintly foxing, otherwise very good condition example of this English author's travelogue.

dj. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's cloth in red pictorial dust jacket; vii,[1],216pp. General light shelf wear and a few tiny closed tears to jacket extremities, corners bumped, brief tape residue to jacket flaps and endpapers, conteporary ownership rubberstamp to front endpapers, small bookseller ticket to rear pastedown; still, overall Very Good and sound.…

tapa dura. Condition: Bien. Novelas representativas de costumbres y caracteres. Siglo XX. (82-311.2"19") Luis de Caralt. Barcelona. 1960. 20 cm. 333 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Colección 'Libros de la Sirena'. Robert Standish seud. Versión de Julio Fernández-Yañez Gimeno. Diamant]. Traducción de: A long way from Pimblico. Fernández-Yáñez, Julio . Sobrecubierta deslucida. Depósito legal: B 6174-1960 (=2042763=) LS213.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of a near fine hardcover with a previous owner's name on the front pastedown, in a near fine dustjacket with minor wear to the extremities and is price clipped. Featuring the colorful characters and their adventures in the fictional Provencal village of Sainte Monique. This is part of a series but I haven't found a definitive list to tell you where it fits although there is at least five others earlier than this one.…

Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952. First Edition. Octavo. 278 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.50 price present. Beige boards stamped in green. Dust jacket lightly chipped and creased at edges with general smudging, but colors remain bright. Slight lean to boards with light wear to edges. Binding sound and aside from some erased pencil markings to front free endpaper, pages unmarked.…

Pp. [iv]+284; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly faded; endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed and soiled; Macmillan, New York, 1953. U.S. edition.

Tela editorial. Condition: Aceptable. Sin Sobrecubierta. Primera edición. Versión española de Ana María de Foronda. -- 311 p.

First Edition. Pp. vi+234; top fore-corner of boards bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel slightly soiled; with a couple of small damp stains; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Macmillan, New York, 1945. First U.S. edition.

Condition: Good. Luis de Caralt. Encuadernación en tapa blanda. Gerahty, Digby George; Fernández-Yáñez, Julio Amarga cosecha Tapa deslucida. Tapa ilustrada. Pags.333. Volúmenes.1.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1stedn, 2nd Printing; 8vo red Cloth Second printing hardback, , with unclipped jacket. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an ex library book. Very good in edgeworn, edgetorn dustjacket Ow NF/vgdj:v+233pp; " A novel giving vivid glimpses into Chinese life and problems, painting unequivocally the best and worst in Chinese character." Zhejiang, Dahu Lake silkworm mulberry orchards, KMT.…

Condition: Very Good. Two full page typed letters, signed, from Danesmead Cottage in Dorking dated December 12, 1939 and February 25th, 1940. The first responding to a request for an autograph and asking for some news clippings on American attitudes towards the war and signed George Digby . The second with his comments on the material sent and noting Hitherto I have written you under my pen name, which I use because I really dislike personal publicity. My real name is Digby George Gerahty. Would you mind in the future addressing me as such . ; both have light crossing fold marks and light general age toning but still very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…